ArticleShoulder & elbow2016
Accelerated rehabilitation after arthroscopic Bankart repair in professional footballers.
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- Coracoid bone-block versus soft-tissue stabilization for anterior shoulder instability in professional athletes: A systematic review and meta-analysis of return to play and recurrence rates.Journal of experimental orthopaedics · 2026Review
- Comparison of 1- and 3-Week Immobilization Following Arthroscopic Shoulder Stabilization: Results of a Prospective Study.Physiotherapy Canada. Physiotherapie Canada · 2025Article
- Return to Competitive Sport After Anterior Shoulder Stabilization: A Scoping Review of Current Outcomes and Clearance Decision-Making Criteria.International journal of sports physical therapy · 2025Article
- Current Evidence Based Recommendations on Rehabilitation following Arthroscopic Shoulder Surgery: Rotator Cuff, Instability, Superior Labral Pathology, and Adhesive Capsulitis.Current reviews in musculoskeletal medicine · 2024Review
- Return to sports following arthroscopic Bankart repair: a narrative review.Ewha medical journal · 2024Review
- Rehabilitation following shoulder arthroscopic stabilisation surgery: A survey of UK practice.Shoulder & elbow · 2024Article
- Post-operative rehabilitation following traumatic anterior shoulder dislocation: A systematic scoping review.Shoulder & elbow · 2023Article
- Effect of Playing Position on Return to Sport, Functional Outcomes, and Recurrence After Arthroscopic Bankart Repair in Soccer Players.Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine · 2022Article
- Return to sports, functional outcomes, and recurrences after arthroscopic Bankart repair in soccer players.Shoulder & elbow · 2022Article
- Factors That Influence the Return to Sport After Arthroscopic Bankart Repair for Glenohumeral Instability.Open access journal of sports medicine · 2022Review
- Six-week physical rehabilitation protocol for anterior shoulder dislocation in athletes.Journal of exercise rehabilitation · 2017Article
- Arthroscopic treatment of shoulder instability in professional athletes.Muscles, ligaments and tendons journalArticle
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4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundAdvances in arthroscopic surgery have resulted in biomechanically stronger repairs that might allow for accelerated rehabilitation protocols and hence faster return to play. Evidence for such regimes in the shoulder, particularly in elite athletes, is lacking.
methodsThis prospective single surgeon (PB) series included 34 professional footballers undergoing an accelerated rehabilitation programme following arthroscopic soft tissue stabilization subsequent to traumatic anterior shoulder dislocation. Data were collected on time to regain elevation range, external rotation range, return to play and rate of recurrence.
resultsMean follow-up time was 4.8 years (range 2 years to 10 years). Full range of forward elevation was regained at a mean of 5 weeks (range 3 weeks to 7 weeks) and external rotation range (in neutral) at a mean of 6 weeks (range 4 weeks to 8 weeks). Mean return to play time was 11 weeks (range 9 weeks to 14 weeks). Three players (9%) reported a recurrent episode of dislocation at a mean of 19 months.
conclusionsAn accelerated rehabilitation programme resulted in a return to play time of 11 weeks compared to previously reported times of between 5 months and 9 months in the contact sports population. A recurrence rate of 9% compares favourably to other published studies following similar surgery (5.1% to 28.6%) but which employed more conservative postoperative rehabilitation regimes.
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